In honor and memory of William C. Bates Jr.,
the offices of Woods & Bates in Lincoln will be closed on Friday, March 14.

William "Bill" C. Bates Jr. practiced law in Lincoln beginning in
the 1950s. In 1972 he joined with Robert J. Woods and Dick H. Woods
Jr. and formed the Woods & Bates Law Office, which today is run by
Bill’s son and grandson, Bill and Blinn.

Funeral services are
planned for Friday at 11 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church with
Father Mark Evans officiating.

Memorials may be made to the George Gahr Memory Unit at the
Christian Nursing Home or to the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare
Foundation.

The first meeting of March for the Abraham
Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County will be on Thursday, March 13, at 5
p.m. at the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce office in Lincoln.

The change in location to the chamber office is due to a scheduling conflict
at the Holiday Inn Express.

LEPC
quarterly meeting to be March 19

The next quarterly meeting of the Logan County Local Emergency Planning
Committee will be on Wednesday, March 19, at noon in the Blue Room of the
Logan County Safety Complex, 911 Pekin St.

Hartsburg-Emden FFA to host Hunter Safety Clinic

HARTSBURG — The Hartsburg-Emden FFA is hosting a Hunter Safety Clinic on
April 4 and 5 at the Hartsburg American Legion building. Participants must
attend both sessions. The clinic starts at 6 p.m. April 4, and the April 5
session begins at 9 a.m.

For more information, contact Betsy Pech at 217-642-5244.

HSLC
seeks donations for annual garage sale

The Humane Society of Logan County will have
its fundraising garage sale this year on June 13, 14 and 15, in conjunction
with the Logan County Route 66 Garage Sale. The Humane Society's sale will
again be at the Logan County Fairgrounds.

A wide variety of items will be available, including home décor,
books, toys, furniture, sporting goods, clothing, shoes, belts,
purses and much more. Food will also be available.

Spring cleaning
time? Make extra space at home and help Logan County animals too.

Donations of clean, gently used items may be dropped off each
Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., beginning May 7.
Please enter through south gate. Electronics cannot be accepted.

San
Jose UMC fish fry slated for March 21

SAN JOSE — The San Jose United Methodist Women and the men of the
church are presenting their annual fish fry for missions on Friday, March
21. Serving will be from 4 till 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

Whole catfish are fried on the premises during the event. Other
items on the menu are hash brown casserole, coleslaw, baked beans,
homemade desserts and drinks. Chicken strips are also on the menu
for children or adults who do not eat fish.

Tickets will be sold in advance by members of the church or at
the door. Guests may dine in or carry out for the same price.
Tickets are $9 for adults, $4 for children age 4-12, and children
under 4 years eat free with a paid adult.

Proceeds benefit children and youth ministries such as Vacation
Bible School, camping scholarships and the Bible Zone after-school
ministry and meal.

The San Jose United Methodist Church is at 601 S. First St. in
San Jose, six blocks south of U.S. 136 at the corner of Linden and
First. San Jose is about 15 miles directly south of Pekin on
Towerline Road; or follow Illinois Route 29 to U.S. 136, then go
east two miles to San Jose; or go about 10 miles west of Interstate
155 on U.S. 136.

For advance tickets or more information, call the church at 309-247-3232 or
Jim Eeten at 309-247-3485.

At the end of this month,
there will be two separate benefits to assist Lyndie Jones and her family.

On March 22, the second annual
memorial Run for Annabelle will take place, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
in Mount Pulaski. This year the proceeds of that run will be given
to the Jones family to assist with the medical expenses of their
daughter.

On March 29, there
will be a dinner benefit at the Lincoln Knights of Columbus Hall.
Doors will open at 4 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5. There will
be a silent auction from 4:30 to 7, and live music will begin at 8.

Lyndie Jones is the daughter of
Katie Alsup and Justin Jones of Mount Pulaski. She was born June 20,
2013 — 17 weeks premature. She
weighed 1 pound, 5 ounces at birth and has been in the St. John's
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit since birth. To date she has had three
surgeries, including heart surgery, a tracheotomy and a feeding tube
installation. When Lyndie does get to come home, she will require
in-home nursing care.

The Run for Annabelle was first
held to assist the family of Annabelle Phillips. Annabelle was born
in November of 2012 and soon after diagnosed with a malignant brain
tumor. For Annabelle, there was no solution to her sickness and she
died in January of 2013. The run was to assist her parents, Darin
and Amy Phillips, with the expenses they incurred.

This year the Phillips couple asked
that the Run for Annabelle continue as a means of paying forward the
generosity that was shown them by the community. They are hopeful
that the community will come out and support the family of Lyndie in
the same loving way they did a year ago in memory of Annabelle.

City of Mount Pulaski announces pickup dates for landscape waste

MOUNT PULASKI — The city of Mount
Pulaski has announced this year's schedule for landscape waste
pickup. Pickup days will be as follows: April 7, May 5,
June 2, July 7, Aug. 4, Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3 and
Dec. 1.

Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland
announces program for family caregivers

SPRINGFIELD —
The Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland has scheduled a Lunch and Learn
program for informal caregivers of older adults and for grandparents and other
relatives raising children. It will be at the Oasis Center at St. John
United Church of Christ, 204 Seventh St. in Lincoln, on Tuesday, March 18,
at noon.

Christa McCarthy, career agent with Transamerica, will present "46
Decisions You Need to Know When a Loved One Dies."

Lunch will be provided, and preregistration is required. There is
no charge to attend.

This presentation is part of a series of Lunch and Learn programs.
The goal of the series is to provide practical information that will
help caregivers continue to provide quality care to others while
maintaining balance in their own lives.

Informal caregivers are
those unpaid individuals such as family members, friends and neighbors
who provide assistance to someone who is to some degree
incapacitated and in need of help with tasks such as grocery
shopping, bill paying, cooking, or personal care. Grandparents or
other relatives raising grandchildren are those who have accepted
primary responsibility for raising one or more children through age
18.

To register or learn more about the Lunch and Learn series, contact
the Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland at 217-787-9234 or
800-252-2918.